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AdamJorgensen :January 2011 postings

Let me start of by saying I could have taken this picture in Florida. But I didn’t. I was in Alabama. Folks – we’re not helping our stereotype here in the south. In the meantime I was working with a cool client who is delivering BI as part of their application. I had found Birmingham to be a cool city with some really neat parts. Mostly the really nice lobby of the Hilton I stay in and the rental car facilities . I know some of you have wondered why I’m behind on posting comments and have only d...

Hey Everyone – SQL Rally Voting opens today for the BI Track. There are lots of good sessions and at the risk of being self promotional I thought I would share that my Summit spotlight Zero to Cube session was top five in it’s track and the 23rd session overall at the summit. IT is a LOT of fun and the way I present it is like NOTHING you’ve ever seen!. We’ll have some real fun. Here are some real comment from folks who attended my session at the Summit: “Best Session at the Summit So Far” (Seco...

Hey folks. I think we can all agree that there is some really quality trai ning available for free on the web for SQL Server. Many of you take advantage of this but I still get to many clients who have no idea what is out there. This includes even such staples as who Paul Randal is or that youtube has over 5000 videos tagged SQL Server. So there are tons of sites to go get information to invest in yourself. I think this guy would agree you’re long over due. There are also SQL Saturday’s nd other...

They say to save the best for last and while I’m not so sure about that I was truly honored to be awarded as a SQL Server MVP from Microsoft for 2011. I know many in the community who are deserving and did not get this honor and all I can do is remind you that you’re not doing it to get a blue square, you’re doing it because you want to do the things you do for the community. I’m very excited about the opportunities this will give me for more access and exciting Non-NDA things to share with what...